> However the following expressions
>
> /.
> /self::node()
>
> refer (AFAIK) to the document node, not the first child node (the root
> element). So the following expressions would return a blank string, since
> name() of a document is empty according to the XPath spec.
>
> name(/.) or name(/self::node())
Ah, you're correct indeed.
/node() should be the valid thing, (exactly as you presented
yesterday), since the default axis for elements is child::,
right?
-bob
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